People Author Mythology Legends folklore We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the east and south of their own country, or near the coast of the Mediterranean. - Thomas Bulfinch
Society If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation. - Thomas Bulfinch
Power First The other classes of which society was composed were, first, freemen, owners of small portions of land, independent, though they sometimes voluntarily became the vassals of their more opulent neighbors, whose power was necessary for their protection. - Thomas Bulfinch
Years The Romans held Britain from the invasion of Julius Caesar till their voluntary withdrawal from the island, A.D. 420,- that is, about five hundred years. - Thomas Bulfinch
Knight Man The word knight, which originally meant boy or servant, was particularly applied to a young man after he was admitted to the privilege of bearing arms. - Thomas Bulfinch
People It has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that the original British stock flourishes in its unmixed purity only among them. - Thomas Bulfinch
I think young people have a wonderful reaction to color because it's not screwed up by too many references. - Jim Hodges
All parents should be aware that when they mock or curse gay people, they may be mocking or cursing their own child. - Anna Quindlen
Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people's urgent needs. We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together. - Gerald R. Ford